Trolley-replacer.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908 J. TROUT. TROLLBY REPLACER. APPLICATION FILED JULY11. 1907.

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JOHN TROUT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA;

TRO'LLEY-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed July 11, 1907. Serial No. 383,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TROUT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aTrolley-Re placer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trolley replacers of that type with downwardlyextending arts or horns that serve to return the overead wire to thetrolley in the event of the wire becoming detached from the trolley.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction and operation of devices of this character so as to becomparatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and durable andeffective in service.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a trolleyretriever having independently movable horns disposed on opposite sidesof the harp and fu crumed on the shaft of the trolley, the horns ormembers being independently movable so as to pass under the cross wiresof the overhead suspension.

With these objects in view and others as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of arts which will be more fully describedliereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claim appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates one of the embodiments ofthe invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an electriccar having the trolley replacer applied thereon. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a trolley replacer drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is afront view partially in section.

Referring to the drawing A designates generally an electric car having atrolley pole 1, on the roof 2, the upper end of the pole being providedwith'a har 3 in which is mounted a trolley 4 arranger to rotate on theshaft or arbor. The arms on the harp extend to the top of the trolleywheel and are' beveled away from the flanges of the wheel as at 6 inFig. 3. At the opposite side of the harp are arranged members or horns 7thathave their upper ends beveled in line with These members are looselyfulcrumed on the arbor 5 and have their lower ends connected by acrotched rope 8 and pass down as usual to the rear platform so as to bein convenient reach of the conduct'or. Between the rope 8 at the bottomof the crotched or V shaped portion thereof is an eye 9 on the trolleypole with the other rope or flexible connection 10 that serves as anemergency device to prevent loss of control of the pole should thebranch portions of the rope fail.

In practice the weight of the rope serves to hold the replacing member 7in an upright position so as to prevent the overhead wire from passingoff the trolley and when the trolley passes under a cross wire, themembers 7 will be swung forwardly and ride under the cross wire withoutshock. The replacing members or horns 7 are mounted to swingindependently so that either one can be depressed upon encountering thewire only on one side of the trolley wire.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention appertains and while'I have described the principle ofoperation of the invention together with the device which I now considerto be the best embodiment thereof I desire to have it understood thatthe device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may bemade when desired as are within the scope of the claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

A trolley replacer comprising a pole, with a harp, a shaft extendingthrough the arms of said harp, a trolley wheel mounted in the harp onsaid shaft, the ends of the arms of the harp being beveled inwardly anddown wardly, and extending up above the top of said wheel horns mountedon said shaft outside of the arms of the harp; the upper ends of thesaid horns being bent outwardly and having their inner faces beveledinwardly and downwardly, a rope connected to the lower ends of saidhorns and a flexible connection between said rope and pole, for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of the two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN TROUT. l/Vitnesses:

JOHN CURTIN, WV. EISENHOUR.

